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NCA’s Chairmen and Presidents.......................102
Number of employees.......................................103
Capitalization ...................................................104
Organization chart ............................................105
Income and expenditure...................................110
Transport results...............................................111
Flight operations results ...................................112
Development of routes......................................113
Route network ..................................................114
Chronology .......................................................116
Appendix
102
NCA’s Chairmen and Presidents
Chairmen
Vice Chairman
Presidents
Toyoichiro Nakada June 23, 1999 June 24, 2003
Name From Until NotesShojiro Kikuchi
Susumu Ono
Takeo Hori
Jiro Nemoto
Yoshiyuki Nakamachi
September 21, 1978
December 6, 1984
June 30, 1992
June 30, 1995
June 24, 2003
August 31, 1984
June 30, 1992
June 30, 1995
June 24, 2003
August 5, 2005
Passed away
Appointed Director and Advisor
Appointed Director and Advisor
Appointed Advisor
Name From Until Notes
Name From Until Notes
Takeo Hori
Toyoichiro Nakada
Takashi Ijichi
Takuro Uchiyama
September 21, 1978
June 30, 1992
June 23, 1999
June 24, 2003
June 30, 1992
June 23, 1999
June 24, 2003
Current
Appointed Chairman
Appointed Vice Chairman
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800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Unit: persons
Domestic employees
Overseas employees
Overseas hires
Crewmembers
1985 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 FY
Number of employees
’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05
260 264 266 269 271 269 272 276 268 218
50 54 58 56 58 56 53 56 56 47
139 146 153 166 182 187 199 195 187 187
173 200 199 216 237 242 255 270 280 298
622 664 676 707 748 754 779 797 791 750
’85 ’86 ’87 ’88 ’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95
158 196 218 243 263 301 312 306 288 280 268
30 43 48 50 54 61 61 59 53 51 50
47 59 71 101 114 143 155 158 148 123 130
49 63 72 100 113 126 121 137 143 144 167
284 361 409 494 544 631 649 660 632 598 615
Fiscal year
Domestic employees
Overseas employees
Overseas hires
Crewmembers
Total
Fiscal year
Domestic employees
Overseas employees
Overseas hires
Crewmembers
Total
Unit: persons
Note: As of the last month of each fiscal year, except for 2005, which is as of April 1 (beginning of fiscal year).
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Capitalization
Capital Number of shareholders
September 21, 1978
October 4, 1983
March 15, 1984
August 31, 1985
November 21, 1987
October 9, 1993
March 31, 2005
¥200 million
¥800 million
¥3.2 billion
¥9.6 billion
¥14.4 billion
¥21.6 billion
¥21.6 billion
5 companies
7 companies
73 companies
79 companies
86 companies
81 companies
47 companies
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, All Nippon Airways,
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,
Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship,
The above + Showa Line and Japan Line
Major shareholders (as of March 31, 2005)
Number of stocks (thousand) Share (%)
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line)
All Nippon Airways
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
Nippon Express
119,183
119,183
56,997
56,997
13,500
27.59
27.59
13.19
13.19
3.13
Shareholding by industry (as of March 31, 2005)
Number of stocks (thousand)Industry (number of companies) Share (%)
352,361
11,700
21,287
10,450
9,822
25,480
900
432,000
81.56
2.71
4.93
2.42
2.27
5.90
0.21
100.00
Par value(thousand yen)
17,618,050
585,000
1,064,350
522,500
491,100
1,274,000
45,000
21,600,000
Seaborne/Airborne commerce (4)
Bank (3)
Non-life insurance (6)
Life insurance (6)
Trading houses (6)
Freight forwarders (19)
Securities companies (3)
Total (47)
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105
General Meeting of Shareholders
President
Board of Directors Auditors
General Administration Dept.
Corporate Planning Dept.
Sales & Marketing Dept.
Traffic Dept.
Flight Operations Dept.
Engineering & Maintenance Dept.
General Manager, North America
Check Pilots’ Chamber
Flight Crew Services & Scheduling
New York Branch
San Francisco Branch
Narita Branch
General Administration Section
Corporate Planning Section
Accounting Section
Sales Section 1
Sales Section 2
Sales Section 3
Freight Services Section
Flight Operations Section
Maintenance Planning Section
Manhattan Office
Osaka Office
Nagoya Office
Flight Operations Section
Maintenance Section
Baraki Office
Crew Section 1
Crew Section 2
General Administration Section
Freight Services Section
Flight Crew Dept.
Organization chart
● April 1, 1985
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General Meeting of Shareholders
President
Board of Directors Auditors
General Administration Dept.
Finance & Accounting Dept.
Corporate Planning Dept.
Marketing & Sales Div.
Traffic Dept.
Flight Operations Dept.
Engineering & Maintenance Dept.
Check Pilots’ Chamber
Marketing & Sales Dept.
Tokyo Sales Dept.
Flight Crew Chamber
General Administration Sect.
Personnel Sect.
Information and Communications Sect.
Corporate Planning Sect.
International Affairs Sect.
Finance Sect.
Accounting Sect.
Marketing Sect.
Planning and Management Sect.
Space Management Sect.
Revenue Accounting Sect.
Export Section 1
Export Section 2
Import Section
Nagoya Office
Contracts and Facilities Sect.
Traffic Administration Sect.
New York Warehouse Project Sect.
Flight Crew Adm. Sect.
Crew Standard Sect.
Engineering & Standard Sect.
Crew Schedule & Service Sect.
Crew Sect. 1
Crew Sect. 2
Flight Operations, North America
Maintenance Management Sect.
● April 1, 1995
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107
Hong Kong Branch
Singapore Branch
Kuala Lumpur Branch
Bangkok Branch
Seoul Branch
Milan Branch
Narita Branch
Osaka Branch
Boston Office
Atlanta Office
Anchorage Flight Operation Office
Washington Office
Frankfurt Office
Sales Sect.
Airport Traffic Service
Freight Services Dept.
General Adm. Sect.
Freight Service Adm. Sect.
Freight Services & Loading Control Sect.
Flight Operations Sect.
Maintenance Sect.
Baraki Office
Amsterdam Branch
New York Branch
Chicago Branch
San Francisco Branch
Los Angeles Branch
108
Auditors
General Meeting of Shareholders
PresidentBoard of Directors
Finance and Accounting Dept.
General Administration Dept.
IT Management Dept.
Corporate Planning Dept.
Network Planning Dept.
International Affairs Dept.
Sales and Marketing Division
Traffic Dept.
Flight Operations Dept.
Engineering and Maintenance Management Dept.
System Operations Control
Cargo 2000 Project
Safety Promotion Committee
Security and Emergency Response Planning Committee
Committee for a Selecting & Introduction New Type of Aircraft
Cargo 2000 Quality Management Committee
Check PilotChamber
Sales and Marketing Dept.
East Japan Sales Office
West Japan Sales Office
Central Japan Branch
Sales Dept. Japan Region
Narita Airport Office
Kansai Airport Office
Flight Crew Training & Performance Chamber
Flight Administration Chamber
Flight Operations Engineering & Standards Chamber
Flight Crew Chamber
Administration
Personnel
IT Planning & Promotion
Cargo System Planning
Finance
Accounting 1
Accounting 2
Planning & Administration
Marketing
Revenue Management
Sales 1
Sales 2
Marketing & Reservation
Import & Business Development
Traffic Administration
Contracts & Facilities
Freight Service Administration
Service & Technical Support
Freight Service
Space Control
Flight Crew Adm. & Standards
Flight Crew Service & Scheduling
Flight Operations Planning
Flight Operations Engineering
B-747 Pilot
B-747 Flight Engineer
B-747-400 Pilot
● As of April 1, 2005
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New York Branch
Hong Kong Branch
Singapore Branch
Kuala Lumpur Branch
Bangkok Branch
Manila Branch
Seoul Branch
Shanghai Branch
Amsterdam Branch
Administration Dept.
Sales &Marketing Dept.
Freight Service Dept.
Flight Crew Dept.
Flight Operations Office Anchorage Airport
Administration
Accounting
Marketing
Revenue & Accounting
Sales
Boston Office
Freight Service
Flight Operations
Administration & Traffic
Flight Operations
Administration
Sales & Service
Administration
Sales & Service
Administration
Sales & Service
Marketing
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Flight Operations
Flight Crew Dept.
Chicago Branch
San Francisco Branch
Los Angeles Branch
London Branch
Frankfurt Branch
Milan Branch
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Atlanta Office
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Flight Operations
Flight Crew Dept.
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Administration
Sales
Freight Service
Flight Operations
110
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
–100
Unit: ¥100 million
Operating revenue
Ordinary profit and loss
Exchange rate
Unit: ¥/US$
1985 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 FY
230
220
210
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
Income and expenditure
14,502 19,525 25,391 30,316 35,167 42,907 46,409 42,885 40,676 45,486
18,962 –21,639 24,575 28,754 31,941 41,314 45,821 48,286 43,617 43,717
–4,461 –2,114 815 1,561 3,226 1,592 587 –5,400 –2,941 1,769
642 –635 –422 –1,050 –707 934 –522 –2,512 –2,030 –1,870
3,819 –2,750 392 510 2,518 2,526 65 –7,913 –4,970 –101
51,624 60,788 69,762 70,604 76,930 84,860 75,988 90,960 92,562 96,499
46,441 54,208 61,063 66,957 73,220 82,689 82,654 88,423 89,169 95,877
5,182 6,579 8,698 3,647 3,710 2,170 -6,665 2,537 3,393 621
–824 –1,481 –2,532 –1,598 –1,485 –963 –624 –1,182 –966 –477
4,358 5,098 6,166 2,049 2,225 1,207 –7,290 1,355 2,428 143
(Unit: ¥1 million)
Fiscal year
Operating revenue
Operating expenses
Operating profit and loss
Nonoperating profit and loss
Ordinary profit and loss
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004Fiscal year
Operating revenue
Operating expenses
Operating profit and loss
Nonoperating profit and loss
Ordinary profit and loss
Note: Beginning in FY 1989, the allocation method was changed such that “a portion of sales commissions” was subtracted from “air transport revenue” rather than from conventional costs. This has been incorporated into the results through FY 1988 as well.
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1985 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
%Ton-kilos transported
Available ton-kilometers
Load factor
Unit: million ton-kilometers
Fiscal year
Transport results
25,980 48,177 77,740 94,277 98,805 110,849 127,426 144,838 160,703 191,183
287,470 473,923 683,123 803,271 864,709 942,844 1,053,408 1,176,669 1,291,881 1,487,943
9.4 10.4 11.7 11.4 12.8 12.9 12.0 11.2 12.0 12.5
2.5 3.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.0
207,085 218,317 242,634 256,392 308,151 320,787 294,189 341,707 361,136 362,924
1,623,446 1,708,200 1,884,696 2,004,208 2,312,406 2,416,663 2,175,205 2,405,991 2,464,878 2,504,245
12.1 12.7 13.0 13.1 13.1 13.3 12.2 12.4 12.4 12.5
6.8 7.0 7.7 8.0 8.8 9.1 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.0
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Weight (tons)
Ton-kilos transported (1,000 ton-kilos)
Operating rate per aircraft (hours/day)
No. of aircraft
Fiscal year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Weight (tons)
Ton-kilos transported (1,000 ton-kilos)
Operating rate per aircraft (hours/day)
No. of aircraft
Fiscal year
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1985 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0Fiscal year
Unit: hours
Flight hours
No. of flights
Unit: flights
Flight operations results
8.510 11,422 14,152 16,671 18,739 20,194 23,271 24,568 26,356 27,283
550 853 1,173 1,429 1,536 1,730 2,166 2,415 2,524 2,573
29,967 32,550 36,168 38,120 42,022 44,258 44,525 47,668 49,634 50,165
2,811 3,054 3,390 3,622 4,105 4,285 4,443 5,010 5,128 5,147
Flight hours
No. of flights
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994Fiscal year
Flight hours
No. of flights
Fiscal year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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May 8, 1985
October 30, 1986
October 5, 1987
June 7, 1988
November 2, 1989
June 13, 1990
February 12, 1991
April 2, 1991
January 22, 1993
September 6, 1994
October 31, 1994
November 8, 1995
October 7, 1996
June 7, 1997
September 12, 1997
October 4, 1997
March 10, 1998 (suspended March 31, 2002)
September 8, 1998
October 27, 1998
May 1, 1999
September 24, 2000
Tokyo = San Francisco = New York
Tokyo = Hong Kong
Tokyo = Singapore
Tokyo = Amsterdam
Tokyo – Singapore – Bangkok – Tokyo
Tokyo = Seoul
Tokyo – Chicago – New York – Tokyo
Tokyo = San Francisco = Los Angeles
Tokyo = Amsterdam = Milan
Tokyo – Osaka – Singapore – Bangkok – Tokyo
Tokyo – Osaka – Singapore – Bangkok – Osaka – Tokyo
Tokyo – Hong Kong – Osaka
Tokyo – Osaka – Singapore – Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo
Tokyo - Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur – Tokyo
Tokyo – Osaka – Chicago – New York – Osaka – Tokyo
Tokyo = Manila = Singapore
Tokyo – Osaka – Anchorage – San Francisco – Los Angeles
– San Francisco – Anchorage – Tokyo
Osaka = Manila = Kuala Lumpur
Osaka – Anchorage – Amsterdam – Anchorage – Tokyo
Tokyo – Osaka = Anchorage = San Francisco = Portland
Tokyo – San Francisco – Los Angeles – San Francisco
– Portland – Anchorage – Tokyo
Tokyo = Anchorage = Amsterdam = London
Osaka – Shanghai – Tokyo
Tokyo – Seoul – Osaka
Osaka – Frankfurt – Milan – Osaka
Flight Starting Date Operation Status upon Route Opening
(as of June 2005)
Development of routes
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バンコク
クアラルンプール シンガポール
ロンドン ミラノ
LondonLondon
MilanMilan
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
Seoul
Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
BangkokBangkok
Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurSingaporeSingapore
Tokyo
Nagoya
Osaka
Manila
Anchorage
Route network
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バンコク
クアラルンプール シンガポール
ロンドン ミラノ
London
Milan
Bangkok
Kuala LumpurSingapore
AnchorageAnchorage
San FranciscoLos Angeles
Chicago New York
Note: Beijing routes are jointly operated.
(As of April 1, 2005)
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資料編
Chronology
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1978
1979
1980
1982
1983
Sept. 21
Sept. 27Nov. 16
Apr. 5
Mar. 16
Sept. 25
Jan. 10
Apr. 13
Jun. 9
Aug. 13
Oct. —
Nov. 22
• Established Nippon Air Cargo Lines. Held
the inaugural meeting and the first board of
directors meeting (Head office: Tokyo,
President: Takeo Hori, Capital: 200 million
yen, Shareholders: 5 companies)
• Completed registration of incorporation
• Submitted the application for scheduled
air transportation business license to the
Minister of Transport.
• Dispatched the first North American
market survey team.
• Dispatched the South-East Asian
market survey team
• Dispatched the second North American
market survey team.
• Submitted a request for scheduled air
transportation business license to the
Minister of Transport.
• Submitted a substitute application for
scheduled air transportation business
license to the Civil Aviation Bureau of
the Ministry of Transport.
• A public hearing was held by the
Transportation Council.
• Obtained the license for scheduled air
transportation business.
• Opened the head office on the 27th floor
of Kasumigaseki Building.
• Concluded a purchase contract with All
Nippon Airways (ANA) and Boeing for
May. 20
Feb. 12
Mar. —
Sept. 22
Apr. 2
Mar. —
Aug. 8
Sept. 1
• Opening of New Tokyo
International Airport
• Establishment of
Khomeini government in
Iran. (Iranian revolution)
• Second oil crisis
• The Iran-Iraq conflict
escalated into an all-
out war.
• Falkland war between
England and Argentine
occurred (ended Jul. 12).
• WTI crude oil was
listed on New York
Mercantile Exchange
market.
• The aviation fuel
pipeline at the New
Tokyo International
Airport went into
service.
• The B747 Korean
Airlines flight 007
violated the territorial
air space of the USSR,
and was shot down by a
USSR fighter.
117
Chronology
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1984
1985
Jan. 12
Mar. 15
May 21
Jun. 13Jul. 1Jul. 16
Jul. 17Oct. 1Oct. 22Dec. 12Dec. 13
Jan. 15Jan. 31
Feb. 1
Feb. 8Feb. 28
Apr. 8Apr. 30
May 1May 8
two B747-200Fs.
• The corporate name in English was
changed from Nippon Air Cargo Lines
(NAC) to Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA).
• Capital increase (to 3.2 billion yen held
by 73 shareholder companies)
• Started the procedure for joining IATA.
(Approved on October 27.)
• Decided the design on fuselage.
• Opened the Narita Branch.
• Opened the New York and San
Francisco Branches.
• Opened the Osaka Sales Office.
• Opened the Nagoya Sales Office.
• Opened the Baraki Office.
• Opened the Manhattan Office.
• Received delivery of the first aircraft
(JA8167).
• Established the accident handling rules.
• The first aircraft (JA8167) arrived at
Narita.
• Implemented the IRIS cargo information
system.
• Opened the Osaka Airport Office.
• Received delivery of the second aircraft
(JA8168)
• Opened the Los Angeles Sales Office.
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to the
United States in the Japan-U.S.
aeronautical negotiation. (’85 MOU)
• Opened the Chicago Sales Office.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–San
Francisco–New York route (six
flights/week)
Dec. 19 • Hong Kong was
formally returned from
England to China.
118
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1985
1986
Jun. 1
Jul. 11
Aug. 31
Oct. 15
Oct. 17
Nov. 1
Feb. 1Mar. 15
Jun. 26
Jul. 31
Aug. 8
Aug. 8
Sept. 4
Sept. 4
• Entrusted ANA as NCA’s general sales
agent in Hong Kong and Fukuoka areas.
• Held an inauguration party in New
York. (Held the same on Jun. 6 in
Washington, on Jul. 9 in San Francisco,
and on Jul. 26 in Hong Kong)
• Capital increase (to 9.6 billion yen, 79
shareholder companies)
• Received delivery of the third aircraft
(JA8172).
• Applied for non-regular air transport
business license (obtained the license
on Nov. 1.)
• Entrusted Sanyan Airlines as the
general sales agent in Taiwan area.
• Opened the Washington Resident Office
• A chartered flight (for computer
hardware) between Tokyo and Los
Angeles (The same on Mar. 20)
• A chartered flight (for computer
hardware) between Tokyo and Sydney
(Same chartered flights also on Jul. 27
and Sept. 4)
•Applied for the Tokyo–Hong Kong route
license. (Obtained the license on Oct. 1)
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to Hong
Kong by the Japan-England aeronautical
negotiation. (two flight/week)
• Opened the Anchorage Flight Operation
Office.
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
Singapore by the Japan-Singapore
aeronautical negotiation.
• Concluded a commercial agreement
with Cathay Pacific Airways.
Aug. 12
Sept. 22
Jan. 28
Feb. 11
Sept. 20
Nov. 26
• JAL’s B747 crashed
into Mt. Osutaka in
Gunma-prefecture (520
persons on board died.)
• Meeting of the G5
finance ministers and
central bankers agreed
on correcting the
strong dollar (Plaza
Agreement).
• Space shuttle
“Challenger” exploded
immediately after
launching.
• Pan Am’s Pacific
routes were closed and
succeeded by United
Airlines.
• GATT (General
Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade) meeting of
Ministers adopted
declaration of a new
round (multilateral
trade negotiations).
• The second-term
construction work of
the New Tokyo
International Airport
started.
119
Chronology
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1986
1987
Sept. 19Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 30
Apr. 20
May 1
Jun. 28
Jul. 9
Jul. 22
Sept. 1
Sept. 4Oct. 5
Nov. 9
Nov. 16Nov. 21
Dec. 1
• Opened the Hong Kong Branch.
• Entrusted Worldwide Express as NCA’s
general sales agent in Korea.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–New
York route (Three flights per week).
• Started operations on the Tokyo–Hong
Kong route. (Two flights per week)
• A chartered flight (for computer
hardware) between Tokyo and Sydney
(The same on May 24 and Jun. 23)
• Expanded the Head Office (relocated
the Sales Department to Shin-
Kasumigaseki Building.
• A chartered flight between Seattle and
Tokyo (for American cherries)
(The same on Jul. 1 and Jul 5)
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
Amsterdam by the Japan-Netherlands
aeronautical negotiation.
• Applied for the Tokyo–Singapore route
license. (Obtained the license on
August 28.)
• Introduced a pension plan in North
America
• Opened the Singapore Branch.
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Singapore route. (One flight per
week)
• Started to fly through Hong Kong in the
return route from Singapore to Tokyo.
• Opened the Amsterdam Branch.
• Capital increase (to 14.4 billion yen by
86 shareholder companies)
• Opened the Frankfurt Sales Office.
Jan. 27
Oct. 19
Nov. 18
• Started construction of
Kansai International
Airport.
• Black Monday, biggest
drop (508 dollars) in
the history of the New
York stock market
• Full privatization of
Japan Air Lines
120
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1988
1989
Jan. 27
Feb. 16
Mar. 7
Mar. 10
Mar. 31May 16
Jun. 7
Jun. 30
Jul. 6
Jul. 24
May 1
Jul. 7
Jul. 20
Sept. 7
Nov. 2
• Received delivery of the fourth aircraft
(JA8188).
• Concluded a commercial agreement
with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Applied for the Tokyo–Amsterdam
route license (obtained the license on
Apr. 15.)
• A chartered flight (items for exhibition)
between Atlanta and Tokyo
• Opened the Boston Office.
• Signed a foreigner crew introduction
agreement with TWA.
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Amsterdam route. (One flight per
week)
• A chartered flight between Seattle and
Tokyo (for American cherries)
• Agreement on our traffic right to
Bangkok by the Japan-Thailand
aeronautical negotiation.
• A chartered flight (for computer
hardware) between Tokyo and Sydney
• Started operation with crew dispatched
from TWA
• Decided to connect the IRIS with the
ACS (American Customs System).
• Applied for the Tokyo–Singapore–
Bangkok route license. (Obtained the
license on Sept. 22.)
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
Korea by the Japan-Korea aeronautical
negotiation.
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Singapore–Bangkok route (One
flight per week).
Jun. 17
Aug. 20
Nov. 8
May 18
Nov. 9
• Start of traffic of
Federal Express to
Japan.
• End of Iran-Iraq War
(7 years and 11 months
after it began)
• Election of Republican
Bush as the president
of the United States
• One million
demonstrators demanded
democratization in
Tianmen Square in
Beijing. (Enforcement of
Martial Law on May 20)
• East Germany opened
the border with West
Germany—virtual
collapse of the Berlin
Wall
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Chronology
Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
1989
1990
1991
Nov. 6
Dec. 14
Jan. 12
Jan. 12Apr. 3
Jun. 13
Jul. 3
Sept. 3
Nov. 5
Nov. 6
Jan. 28
Feb. 4
Feb. 12
Feb. 12
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
Chicago and Los Angeles by the Japan-
U.S. aeronautical negotiation. (’89 MOU)
• Flight disruptions owing to eruption of
Mt. Redoubt (volcano) in Alaska.
• Reorganized the Chicago and Los
Angeles Sales Offices to Branches.
• Opened the Seoul Branch.
• Applied for the Tokyo–Seoul route
license. (Obtained the license on May 18.)
• Started operations on the Tokyo–Seoul
route (One flight per week).
• Applied for the Tokyo–Chicago route
license. (Obtained the license on
August 8.)
• Applied for the Tokyo–Los Angeles
route license. (Obtained the license on
Oct. 11.)
• A chartered flight (transported 12
ambulances) as a part of Japan’s
contribution to the Middle East.
• Received delivery of the fifth aircraft.
(JA8191)
• Relocated the Los Angeles Branch from
American Airlines Cargo Building to
Hanger One Building.
• Constructed a warehouse outside the
Chicago Airport.
• Relocated the Head Office to Shin-
Nikko Building.
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Chicago–New York route. (Three
fights per week, increased to four flights
per week from Mar. 7).
Dec. 2
Mar. 15
Aug. 2
Oct. 3
Jan. 17
Jan. 18
• U.S.-U.S.S.R. top-level
conference declared
End of Cold War
• Mr. Gorbachev became
president of the USSR.
• Iraqi invaded Kuwait
(Gulf Crisis).
• Unification of West
Germany and East
Germany.
• A multinational corps
mainly consisting of
US forces attacked Iraq
as the outbreak of the
Gulf War.
• The total cargo quantity
handled since the
opening of Narita Airport
exceeded 10 million tons.
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1991
1992
Mar. 1
Apr. 1
Apr. 2
Apr. 22
May 20
Jun. 13
Jul. 14Oct. 11
Oct. 14
Nov. 18
Nov. 19
Dec. 2
Mar. 13
May 31
Jun. 10
• Conducted the first transportation
campaign (Mar. 1 through Mar. 31)
• Implemented the new loading
management system “NEWS-II” into
service.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–San
Francisco–Los Angeles route (Three
flights per week).
• A domestic chartered flight (for canned
beer) between Haneda and Chitose.
• A chartered flight (for American
Cherries) from San Francisco to Tokyo.
• Changed the route of flight KZ203 due
to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo (in
Philippines).
• Opened the Paris Sales Office.
• Started joint operations with KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines in the Nagoya–
Amsterdam route. (One flight per week)
• Relocated the Hong Kong Airport Office
within the Airport.
• A chartered flight (for Beaujolais
Nouveau) between Amsterdam and
Tokyo.
• Received delivery of the sixth aircraft
(JA8194).
• New accounting system “SCARGO”
began service.
• A chartered flight (cut flowers) between
Naha and Tokyo.
• A chartered flight (for medical support)
between Tokyo and Moscow.
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
Milan by the Japan-Italy aeronautical
negotiation.
Dec. 4
Dec. 11
Dec. 26
Feb. 7
Apr. 7
• Pan Am’s Pacific
routes stopped, ending
their 64-year history.
• Agreement on
origination of
European Union at the
EC summit conference.
• USSR Summit
Conference declared
the dissolution of the
USSR.
• EC member countries
signed the European
Union Treaty
(Maastricht Treaty).
• Outbreak of civil war
in Bosnia and
Herzegovina
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1992
1993
Jun. 10Jun. 30
Jul. 2Jul. 29
Aug. 18
Sept. 25
Oct.1Oct. 20
Dec. 7
Jan. 22
Feb. 1
Feb. 15May 1.
Jun. 7
Jun. 19
Jul. 1
• Opened the Milan Sales Office.
• Takeo Hori was assigned as the Chairman
and Vice-president Toyoichiro Nakada
took office as the President.
• Opened the Atlanta Sales Office.
• Service work for the first aircraft
(JA8167) at ASTAAS (in Australia).
• Flight schedule disrupted owing to
Volcanic ash falling on Anchorage in
Alaska (eruption of Mt. Spur).
• Entrusted GFS with the ground
handling work at Atlanta.
• Opened the Milan Branch.
• Applied for the Tokyo–Milan route
license. (Obtained the license on
November 20.)
• Concluded a commercial business
agreement with Alitalia Airlines.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–Milan
route (One flight per week).
• Entrusted by ANA as their general sales
agent in Germany and Switzerland
(ground handling jobs from Feb. 17).
• Closed NCA’s Washington Office.
• Entrusted ANA as NCA’s general sales
agent in Malaysia.
• Relocated the Head Office from Shin-
Nikko Building to Shiroyama JT Mori
Building.
• Executed the first legal check of
maintenance by crewmembers in the
Seoul route.
• A chartered flight (for American
cherries) between Seattle and Tokyo.
Jan. 1 • Startup of EC unified
market
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1993
1994
Jul. 6
Aug. 1
Aug. 4
Aug. 30
Oct. 1Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 9
Nov. 15
Dec. 6
Dec. 14
Dec. 21
Mar. 13
Apr. 1
• The engine monitoring system was put
into service at Narita.
• Awarded with the Quality Carrier Prize
from a magazine, “Distribution”.
• Concluded a foreigner crew (pilot)
dispatch agreement with Parc
Aviation.
• Started publication of “NCA News” as
the house organ in English.
• Organized the safety promotion committee.
• Transferred a part of operation
management jobs at Narita to ANA.
• Entrusted G.S.A. Scandinavia as NCA’s
general sales agent in Scandinavia and
Finland.
• Capital increase (to 21.6 billion yen by
81 shareholder companies)
• Signed a foreign crewmember (flight
engineer) dispatch agreement with
Nordstress.
• “COBRA”, a new cargo information
system, was put into service.
• Received delivery of the seventh aircraft
(JA8158) for storage and service at
Wichita, Kansas.
• Abolished the Maintenance Dept. in
NCA’s Hong Kong Branch, and started
joint maintenance operations with ANA
in Hong Kong.
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers)
between Naha and Tokyo (the same on
Mar. 15).
• Started joint maintenance operations
with ANA in Singapore and Amsterdam.
Jan. 1 • Instigation of NAFTA
(North American Free
Trade Agreement).
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1994 Apr. 8
Apr. 26
Jun. 28
Jun. 30Jul. 1
Jul. 1
Jul. 16
Aug. 15Aug. 24
Sept. 1
Sept. 1
Sept. 1
Sept. 6
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Singapore–Hong Kong route
(One flight per week).
• Revised the periodic foreigner pilot
tests to use the simulator only.
• Applied for the route licenses for
Tokyo–Osaka (international freight),
Osaka–Singapore, Osaka–Bangkok, and
Osaka–Hong Kong. (Obtained the
licenses on Aug. 5.)
• Closed NCA’s Paris Sales Office.
• Changed the return flight in the
Tokyo–San Francisco route to depart
early morning and via Anchorage.
• Changed the general sales agent in
Korea to San Yang Air Transport.
• Opened the Kansai International
Airport Office.
• Opened the Kuala Lumpur Branch
• Applied for route licenses for
Bangkok–Kuala Lumpur and
Singapore–Kuala Lumpur (obtained the
licenses on Sept. 30).
• Started joint business in sales and
transportation with ANA in New York
and Los Angeles.
• Entrusted by ANA with the ground
handling work in Los Angeles.
• Entrusted by ANA as their general sales
agent in the United States (excluding 11
southeastern states and Hawaii).
• Started flights via Kansai International
Airport and operations on the
Tokyo–Singapore–Bangkok–Osaka–
Tokyo route (Three flights per week)
Jul. 2
Jul. 12
Sept. 4
• Cargolux opened the
Komatsu–Luxembourg
route (Two flights per
week).
• United Airlines
decided to sell 55% of
its stocks to the
employees union.
• Opening of Kansai
International Airport.
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1994
1995
Sept. 7
Sept. 9
Sept. 19
Oct. 3
Oct. 3
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
Nov. 4
Nov. 17
Nov. 22
Feb. 1
Feb. 11
and Tokyo–Osaka–Singapore–
Bangkok–Osaka–Tokyo route (One
flight per week)
• Started flights between Tokyo and Milan
via Amsterdam.
• Started flights in the Tokyo–Osaka–
Singapore–Hong Kong–Tokyo route.
(One flight per week)
• Constructed a new warehouse in New
York.
• Abolished the Flight Operation Department
in NCA’s Hong Kong Branch.
• Entrusted by ANA with the ground
handling work in New York.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–
Bangkok–Kuala Lumpur–Tokyo route.
(One flight per week)
• Started joint maintenance work with
ANA in New York, Los Angeles, and
Bangkok.
• Started flights in the
Tokyo–Osaka–Singapore–Kuala
Lumpur–Tokyo route. (One flight per week)
• Transported nine thoroughbred horses
to run in the Japan Cup from the United
States for the first time.
• The total cargo quantity handled at
Narita since its opening reached one
million tons.
• Entrusted by ANA as their general sales
agent in Singapore.
• Agreement on NCA’s traffic right to
China by the Japan-China aeronautical
negotiation.
Jan. 1
Jan. 17
• Inauguration of WTO
(World Trade
Organization)
• Great Earthquake in
Hanshin District (M7.2)
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1995
1996
Mar. 13
Jun. 11
June —
Jul. 5
Jul. 6
Jul. 20
Oct. 24
Nov. 8
Dec. 1
Dec. 8
Jan. 16
Feb. 1
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers) from
Naha to Tokyo (The same also on Mar.
14.)
• Started joint operation with KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines in the Osaka–
Amsterdam route.
• Awarded with the Quality Carrier Prize
from a magazine, “Distribution”.
• Completed storage and maintenance of
NCA’s seventh aircraft (JA8158) at
Wichita, Kansas in the United States (for
input to NCA’s business from July 25.)
• A chartered flight (for American
cherries) by out seventh aircraft from
Seattle to Tokyo.
• Japan was licensed for the route of
Osaka–Chicago–New York—One
further point in Canada (Six flights per
week) through the Japan-U.S.
aeronautical negotiation.
• Obtained the Osaka–Chicago–New
York route license.
• Started operations on the
Osaka–Chicago–New York route (One
flight per week, Chicago flights
increased to four flights per week.)
• Entrusted by ANA as their general sales
agent in Italy.
• Newly established the Rome Office of
NCA’s Milan Branch.
• Constructed a new warehouse in Los
Angeles.
• Entrusted Maritime Agencies as NCA’s
general sales agent in Sri Lanka.
Mar. 20 • Subway sarin incident
in Japan.
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1996
1997
Mar. 12
Mar. 28
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
Apr. 14
May 10Jun. 5
Jun. 27
Jul. 1
Jul. 20Oct. 1
Oct. 7
Oct. 27
Mar. 3
Mar. 11
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers) from
Naha to Tokyo. (The same also on Mar.
13)
• Basic agreement in the Japan-U.S. air
transport conference (96 MOU: NCA’s
traffic right to three more points in the
United States, eighteen additional
flights per week, etc.)
• Entrusted ANA as NCA’s general sales
agent for freight sales in England.
• Entrusted by ANA as their general sales
agent for freight sales in Netherlands,
Belgium, and Luxembourg.
• A chartered flight (for 40 racing horses)
from Los Angeles to Sapporo.
• Opened the Manila Branch.
• Joint operation with Northwest Airlines
for the Osaka–Chicago route.
• Obtained the license for the
Tokyo–Manila–Singapore route.
• Entrusted ANA wholly with the
operation management jobs.
• Opened an Internet Web site.
• Entrused ANA fully as the general sales
agent in France.
• Started operations on the
Tokyo–Manila–Singapore route. (One
flight per week)
• Started joint operation with UPS in the
Taipei–Osaka–Ontario route.
• Relocated the head office from
Shiroyama JT Mori Building to Shin-
Kasumigaseki Building.
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers) from
Naha to Tokyo.
Jul. 17 • TWA flight 800
crashed soon after
departure from New
York.
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1997
1998
Apr. 1May 12
May 15
Jun. 7
Jul. 18
Jul. 25Aug. 1
Aug. 29
Sept. 11
Sept. 19
Oct. 4
Nov. —
Dec. 19
Jan. 30
• Opened Dallas Sales Office.
• Relocated Milan Branch Office to
Malpensa Airport Office Building.
• Obtained route licenses for
Tokyo–Anchorage, Osaka–Anchorage,
Osaka–San Francisco, and Osaka–Los
Angeles.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–Osaka–
Anchorage–San Francisco–Los Angeles
route. (One flight per week)
• Established FY1997–FY2000 mid-term
Management Plan.
• Connected company LAN to the Internet.
• Received delivery of the eighth aircraft
(JA8192).
• Obtained the license for the
Osaka–Manila–Kuala Lumpur route.
(One flight per week)
• Started operations on the
Osaka–Manila–Kuala Lumpur route.
(One flight per week)
• Obtained the license for the
Osaka–Amsterdam route.
• Started operations on the Osaka–
Amsterdam route. (One flight per week)
• Signed an agreement with United
Airlines on parts support at North
American Airports and Flight Operation
Offices.
• Opened Portland Branch.
• Rough agreement in Japan-U.S.
aeronautic conference (formal signature
on Mar. 14). NCA and ANA were
upgraded to incumbent enterprises
(NCA was to be admitted to or beyond
May 14
Jul. 1
Jul. 2
Aug. 5
Oct. —
• Inauguration of
aviation union “Star
Alliance”.
• Hong Kong was
restored to China.
• Transition of Thai baht
to the floating system
as virtual devaluation
(expanded to Asian
currency crisis
thereafter.)
• The Thai Government
requested IMF, etc. for
financial assistance.
• Restriction of arrivals
and departures in the
midnight time zone
(11:00 p.m. to 6:00
a.m.) in Amsterdam.
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1998
Feb. 9
Feb. 10
Mar. 10Apr. —
Apr. —
Jun. 1
Jun. 9
Jun. —
Jul. 15Jul. 15Jul. 26
Aug. 1
Sept. 1
Sept. 8
the desired location in the United States
without restriction of the number of
flights.)
• Cooperated in transporting an aged
elephant between Tokyo and Bangkok.
• Obtained the license for the
Tokyo–Portland route.
• Started operations on Portland routes.
• Modified the warehouse and extended
the office building of NCA’s Los
Angeles Branch (Apr. 1998 to Jun.
1999.)
• Entrusted P.T. Orisindo Pasifika as
NCA’s general sales agent in Indonesia.
• Opened the Shanghai and London
Branches.
• Changed the entrustee of foreigner crew
training from TWA to UPS.
• Entrusted Ralph Porter Enterprises as
NCA’s general sales agent in Eastern
Canada.
• Obtained the London route license.
• Obtained the Shanghai route license.
• Relocated the general affairs & sales
office of NCA’s San Francisco Branch to
Oyster Point area.
• Started code shared flight operations
with UPS.
• Started code shared flight operations
with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–
Amsterdam–London–Amsterdam–
Tokyo route. (Two flights per week)
Mar. 14
Mar. —
Mar. —
Jun. 30
Jul. 6
• NCA and ANA were
upgraded to incumbent
enterprises in the
Japan-U.S. aeronautic
conference.
• The unit price of Dubai
crude oil dropped to
below 10 dollars per
barrel.
• An extraordinary
OPEC general meeting
agreed on coordinated
curtailment of
production.
• The New Kuala
Lumpur Airport was
opened.
• The New Hong Kong
Airport was opened.
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1998
1999
Oct. 15
Oct. 27
Nov. 6
Dec. 1
Dec. 25
Dec. 31
Jan. 16
Jan. —
Mar. 16
Apr. 1
Apr. 7
Apr. 13
Apr. 14May 1
May 1
• Entrusted ANA as the general sales
agent for freight sales in Shanghai area.
• Started operations on the
Osaka–Shanghai–Tokyo route. (One
flight per week)
• Opened a secretariat for the Y2K
problem.
• Entrusted with the ground handling jobs
for ANA in San Francisco.
• Organized “Flight Operations, Europe”
in the Flight Operations Department.
Established a Flight Crew Room in
Amsterdam Branch.
• Discontinued flight crew dispatch from
TWA.
• Started code shared operations with
Northwest Airlines.
• Signed a crewmember dispatch
agreement with HACS (Hawaii Aviation
Contract Services).
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers) from
Naha to Tokyo.
• Entrusted Aboitiz Air Transport as
NCA’s general sales agent in the
southern part of Philippines.
• Obtained the license for the Osaka–
Seoul route.
• Entrusted with the ground handling jobs
for ANA in Chicago.
• Closed NCA’s Rome Sales Office.
• Started operations on the Tokyo–Seoul–
Osaka route. (One flight per week)
• Entrusted Ralph Porter Enterprises as
NCA’s general sales agent in the
western part of Canada.
Dec. 5
Jan. 1
May 28
• NCA’s traffic right to
Japan–Germany routes
was agreed upon at the
meeting of aeronautical
authorities of Japan
and Germany.
• Use of Euro as the
single currency for
noncash transaction
started in Europe.
• The ICAO Diplomatic
Conference adopted
the Montreal Treaty
(generally called the
New Warsaw Treaty).
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1999
2000
May 1
May 1
May 25
Jun. 23
Jul. 12
Jul. 13
Aug. 30
Sept. 1
Sept. —
Oct. 7
Oct. 31
Dec. 10
May 10
• Entrusted Chapman Freeborn Air
Marketing as NCA’s general sales agent
in Spain.
• Entrusted Grupo Hercules as NCA’s
general sales agent in Mexico.
• Received delivery of the ninth airplane
(JA8181).
• Toyoichiro Nakada took office as the
vice-chairman, and Takashi Ijichi (vice-
president) as the new president.
• The crew management system (CIAO)
was put into service.
• Implemented the North American
import cargo system (AIRES).
• Signed a block-space agreement with
Air China.
• Relocated NCA’s Amsterdam Branch
Office to Aero Groundservices Building.
• Entrusted International Airline
Marketing as NCA’s general sales agent
in Ireland.
• Established an office in the No. 401
Shed at Narita No.1 Freight Building.
• Changed the airport for use in Shanghai
from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to
Pudong International Airport.
• Action against the Y2K problem of
computer (system modification,
preparation of crisis management plan,
execution of simulation practice, and
action plan for the period from Dec. 31
through Jan. 4)
• Relocated the Frankfurt Sales Branch
Office to Aviapartner Cargo Office
Building in Frankfurt Airport.
Sept. 16
Oct. 31
Dec. 22
Jan. 5
• The New Shanghai
Airport (Pudong
International Airport)
was opened.
• ANA formally joined
the Star Alliance.
• B747 freighter of
Korean Air Lines
crashed immediately
after departure from
Stansted Airport.
• The Japanese
Government declared
safety regarding the
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Jun. 1
Jul. —
Aug. 1
Aug. 1Aug. 31
Sept. 3
Sept. 24
Sept. 24
Nov. 1
Nov. 1
Nov. 5
Nov. 6
Nov. —
Nov. —
• NCA’s Chicago Branch constructed its
own warehouse in O’Hare International
Airport.
• Signed a block-space agreement of
NCA’s Hong Kong route with El Al
Israel Airlines.
• Connected CCSJ’s SITA line with NCA’s
SITA line to start information exchange.
• Changed the name of Frankfurt Sales
Branch Office to Frankfurt Branch.
• Started NCA’s service standard operation.
• Cancelled alliance with Northwest
Airlines.
• Signed a block space agreement with
Emirates Airline in Osaka–Milan NCA’s
Hong Kong route.
• Started operations on the
Osaka–Frankfurt–Milan–Osaka route
(One flight per week).
• Signed a space exchange agreement
with Alitalia in the Osaka–Milan Route.
• Entrusted UA with the service jobs at
San Francisco.
• Agreed with UPS on interline
cooperation between Los Angeles and
Guadalajara.
• Relocated NCA’s San Francisco Branch
office to a new warehouse in Plot 50
area in San Francisco Airport.
• Started PRIO FREIGHT sales (from
Tokyo to the United States).
• The international mail information
system was put into service.
• Entrusted Hermes Aviation as the
general sales agent in Mexico.
Sept. 18
Y2K problem of
computers.
• Japan ratified Montreal
Protocol No.4 (MP4).
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Mar. 12
Mar. 25
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
Apr. —May 16Jul. 6
Sept. 8
Sept. 11
Oct. 8
Nov. 1
• Received tenth aircraft (JA8182).
• Revised NCA’s international
transportation provision and
international chartered freight provision
according to ratification of Montreal
No. 4 Protocol.
• A chartered flight (for cut flowers) from
Naha to Tokyo
• Signed a space block agreement with
Alitalia.
• Signed a crew training hardware use
agreement with PAIFA.
• Joined Cargo 2000 as an associate
member.
• Revised NCA’s domestic transportation
provision.
• Introduced PRIO-EXPRESS.
• Introduced a fuel surcharge system.
• Started the income-expenditure
management project to counteract the
worsening balance.
• Relocated Portland Branch Office to
outside the airport.
• NCA’s operations in responses to
simultaneous terrorist attacks staged in
the United States:
Cancelled flights by returning to Narita:
KZ136, 84 and 94
Diverted flight to Fairbanks: KZ116
Diverted flight to Vancouver: KZ107
• Full-scale use of PRIO services by
introducing NCA’s routes connected to
third countries.
• Setting of special aviation insurance
rates resulting from simultaneous
Mar. 29
Sept. 11
Sept. —
Nov. 12
Nov. 30
Dec. 11
• Opening of new Seoul
Airport (Incheon
International Airport)
• Simultaneous terrorist
attacks staged in the
United States
• Quick rise in aviation
insurance ratios
• American Airlines
flight 587 crashed into
residential area
immediately after
departure from JFK
Airport.
• Suspension of ANA
flights in Chicago route
• China joined WTO.
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2002
Nov. 9
Dec. 1
Dec. 1
Dec. 10
Feb. 20
Mar. 31
Mar. 31Apr. 12
Apr. 19
May —
Jun. 16
Jul. 2
Sept. 6
terrorist attacks staged in the United
States (Discontinued on August 1, 2002.)
• A chartered flight (for Beaujolais
Nouveaux) from Amsterdam to Sapporo
• Entrusted Global Aviation Services as
NCA’s general agent in India.
• Entrusted Hermes Aviation as NCA’s
general sales agent in Costa Rica and
Guatemala.
• MC2, the next cargo information system,
put into full use.
• Installation of slide-type manual lock
inside the cockpit door as a part of
measures against hijackers
• Suspended Portland route operations,
and closed NCA’s Portland Branch.
• Closed NCA’s Dallas Sales Office.
• Received delivery of the 11th aircraft
(JA8190) for storage and service at
Haneda ANA Maintenance Center.
• Closed NCA’s Portland Branch,
Dallas Sales Office, and Washington
Office.
• Relocated the General Affairs & Sales
departments of London Branch from the
Heathrow International Airport to the
office building in the Stansted Airport.
• Signed a block space agreement with
Malaysian Airline System Berhad
(between Kuala Lumpur and Japan)
• Signed a block space agreement with
China Airlines (one way from Taipei to
Tokyo)
• Signed a general agreement related to
code sharing with ANA.
Jan. 1
Jan. 15
Apr. 18
Jul. 1
Aug. 11
Sept. 8
Oct.—
Nov. 3
• Circulation of Euro
paper money and coins
started.
• ANA suspended
operations on the
Kuala Lumpur route.
• The temporary parallel
runway in Narita Airport
was put into service.
• Completion of
transition to Euro.
• U.S. Airways applied
for the corporation
reorganization
procedure according to
Article 11 of Federal
Bankrupt Law.
• ANA’s exclusive
freighter B767-300F
was put into service.
• Blockade of East Coast
in North America.
• A big-magnitude
earthquake occurred in
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2002
2003
Sept. 8
Sept. —
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 15
Oct. 27
Nov. 29
Jan. 17
Mar. 3
Mar. 3
Mar. 20
Mar. 30
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
• Started code sharing with ANA in the
Tokyo–Seoul route.
• Strengthened cockpit door in compliance
with law in the United States.
• Organized North American area
operations administering function in
NCA’s New York Branch.
• Signed a block space agreement
between Cebu and Manila with Aboitiz
One.
• Relocated NCA’s Milan Branch Office
to the Cargo City in Malpensa Airport.
• Started code sharing with Federal
Express. (North American routes)
• Established Cargo 2000 Project Team.
• “MAX07” as the medium-term business
plan was formulated.
• Relocated the Head Office from Shin-
Kasumigaseki Building to Shiodome
City Center.
• Changed the e-mail domain name from
nippon-cargo.co.jp to nca.aero.
• A committee for new aircraft model
selection and introduction was
organized.
• The entrusted ramp handling company
at Frankfurt carelessly damaged the
fuselage and main wing LH (JA8191),
resulting in a large-scale field repair
(returned to the line on Apr. 14).
• Organized Cargo 2000 Quality Control
Committee.
• Introduced the PRIO SUPER-
SENSITIVE, PRIO SENSITIVE, PRIO
SPACE, and PRIO COOL.
Dec. 9
Jan. 1
Mar. 20
Mar. —
Apr. 1
northern Alaska to
cause temporary
suspension of crude oil
pipeline transportation
and insufficiency of
crude oil storage at
Anchorage Airport.
• UAL Corporation as
the holding company of
United Airlines
applied for the
reorganization
procedure according to
Article 11 of Federal
Bankrupt Law.
• It was made a rule to
send the passenger
information to the U.S.
APIS (Advanced
Passenger Information
System).
• The U.S.-England
forces attacked Iraq,
starting the Iraqi War.
• SARS (severe acute
respiratory syndrome),
described as a new
type of pneumonia,
struck Hong Kong and
Kuangtung in China
and was expected to
spread worldwide.
• Air Canada applied for
the corporation
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Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
2003 Apr. 1
Apr. —Apr. —
May 1
Jun. 13
Jun. 24
Jul. 1
Jul. 19
Aug. 14
Oct. 1
Oct. 1
Oct. 22
• Contracted a global deal program with
Exel.
• Joined Cargo 2000 as a regular member.
• Transported cargoes for INDY JAPAN
(4 chartered flights from Indianapolis to
Tokyo).
• Organized an inland trucking network
in China.
• The applicable territory of the general
sales agent jobs entrusted to Porter
Enterprises was changed from whole
Canada to six eastern states.
• Yoshiyuki Nakamachi took office as the
chairman of the board, and Takuro
Uchiyama (former senior managing director)
was assigned as the new president.
• Established the administrative function
for North American facilities.
• Entrusted Taeco in China first with
aircraft heavy maintenance work.
• Owing to the wide-area power failure in
the northeast of the United States,
NCA’s North American communication
network was shut down, leaving only
analog telephone lines for
communication.
• Established a European operation
administering function in NCA’s
Amsterdam Branch.
• Entered into a global deal program with
DHL Danzas Air & Ocean.
• The tail portion of NCA’s flight KZ062
(JA8191) plane touched at departure
from Narita, so the flight returned to
Narita for inspection. (Returned to line
Apr. 9
Aug. 14
reorganization
procedure.
• Baghdad surrendered,
to officially end the
Iraqi War.
• Large-scale power
failure in New York
and other northeastern
areas in the United
States caused
suspension of customs
clearance at some
airports.
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Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
2003
2004
Oct. 26
Nov. 7
Nov. 24
Apr. 1
Apr. 1
Apr. 5
Apr. —
May 15
Jun. 1
Jul. 1
Aug. 1
Oct. 31
Oct. 31
operation on Dec. 6 after repair.)
• Started code sharing (joint cargo flights)
with ANA in the Tokyo–Shanghai route.
• Decided B747-400F and B747-400SF
as the new aircraft models to be
introduced.
• A chartered flight (for live horses) from
Atlanta to Sapporo.
• Revised the international transportation
and international chartered freight
provisions to comply with the current
Montreal Treaty.
• Organized the Maintenance Department
in NCA’s Chicago Branch.
• A new hazardous material management
system (HAZMAT) was put into service.
• Transported cargoes for INDY JAPAN.
(Four chartered flights from
Indianapolis to Tokyo)
• Signed a block space agreement with
Asiana Airlines (both ways between
Seoul and Tokyo).
• Incorporated NCA Logistics Ventures
Limited (NLV) locally in Hong Kong.
• Entrusted ALS with the supervisory jobs
at Narita and Kansai International
Airports.
• Introduced PRIO VEHICLE and PRIO
ART.
• Started code sharing with Air China (in
the Osaka–Shanghai–Beijing and
Tokyo–Shanghai routes)
• Entrusted ANA as NCA’s general sales
agent in Beijing.
Apr. 1 • New Tokyo
International Airport
Authority was
privatized and
renamed Narita
International Airport
Corporation. The
airport was also
renamed Narita
International Airport.
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Year NCA MilestonesMonth/Day
Month/Day
Events in Industry andWorld at Large
2004
2005
Nov. 1
Nov. 15
Jan. —
Feb. 17
Mar. 27
Jun. 15
• Abolished Flight Operations, North
America and Flight Operations, Europe.
• Relocated NCA’s Shanghai Branch
Office to Ramada Pudong Airport
Shanghai.
• Free fare transportation of relief goods
to the tsunami-stricken area along the
Indian Ocean.
• Started flights to and from Centrair.
(Four flights per week).
• Code sharing (joint cargo flights) with
ANA in the Tokyo–Hong Kong route.
• Received delivery of the twelfth aircraft
(JA01KZ).
Dec. 26
Feb. 17
• Earthquake off the
shore of Sumatra and a
massive tsunami in the
Indian Ocean.
• Centrair (Central Japan
International Airport)
was opened.
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